Advocacy & Fundraising

Presently, the state issues money in a fiscal year to each municipality for the purpose of sidewalk construction.      Unfortunately, it is a paltry amount and grossly insufficient for a city the size of Newburyport.      The City has bonded a certain amount so some decent maintenance can be done on the pedestrian surfaces.         

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Some fundraising has been done to assist the city's all-volunteer Tree Committee.        The hiring of a full-time Arborist has been a tremendous benefit.       It may be disturbing that so many trees have been removed along the streets; but it is necessary.      The objective is to remove the shallow-rooted trees and systematically replace them all over the city but mostly in the North and South End.